Friend, I Have a Question to Ask You…

What are you uncomfortable living with but afraid of living without?

Perhaps, for you, it’s your reliance on social media. There’s the fear of missing out. Social media provides us connectivity to the world around us and people we know but are no longer in our immediate sphere of influence. We like that. Yet, it makes us uncomfortable because it seems like we’re always picking up our phone and scrolling. We want to put our phones down but our fear of being disconnected prevails.

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Psalm 46:10 (NIV)

Are you addicted to busyness but afraid what you’d do with all the extra time? Maybe you’re uncomfortable doing nothing. Busyness can distract us from other things that make us uncomfortable, like the difficulties of certain relationships. When we’re busy, we don’t feel as alone.

It’s been quite a week here at the Bantau household. I’ll fill you in on a later post (hopefully, later this week). I’m under the weather and fighting a number of different ailments.

In the meantime, love God with your everythingness and love others as yourself (or at least the best you can until you can do better).

Peace,

Rainer Bantau

The Devotional Guy™

After wearing many different hats throughout his career, Rainer serves as the Senior Operations Manager at OurCalling, Inc., a Dallas-based homeless outreach helping the chronically homeless find a way off the streets and into a deeper relationship with Jesus. Since committing his life to Jesus in 2007, Rainer has had the privilege of teaching and preaching in many different churches in the Dallas area.